Improvement in corn-graters



GEORGE C. RICKARDS, Jr.

Improvement in Corn-Graters.

No.126,333. PatentedApri|30,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE G. RIGKARDS, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND WILLIAM ALLEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-GRATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,333, dated April30, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Grater,invented by GEORGE O. RICKARDS, Jr., of Philadelphia,in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania.

The object of this invention is to furnish convenient means for reducinggreen corn to pulp or nearly to a pulp; and it consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a top ,view. Figs. 2 and 3 arelongitudinal sections of Fig. 1 taken on the line :0 at, showing theserrated plates upon each side of the stock. Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts.

The stock is made of wood, in two parts, A and B, which are two inches,more or less, in width, and one inch, more or less, in thickness. Thesepieces are connected together by the serrated plates 0 and D, one ofwhich is coarser than the other, so that the corn may be grated coarseor fine, as may be desired. These plates 0 and D are of about thethickness of sawplate steel, cut out on the upper edge to formsemicircles, with the semicircles serrated, as seen in the drawing, thecircles being three inches, more or less, in diameter.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The corn-grater herein described, formed of thestocks or pieces A B and the plates 0 D, cut out to form semicircles andhaving teeth of different size, as and for the purpose specifled.

GEORGE O. RIGKARDS, JR.

Witnesses:

PETER MCMAHON, CHARLES CLARE.

